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| Bill:
HB14-1023
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| Title: |
Social Workers For Juveniles |
| Status | Governor Signed (05/14/2014) | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (06/17/2014) | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Hearing Date | | | House Committee | Judiciary | | House Sponsors | S. Lee (D) | | Position | Monitor | | Senate Committee | Judiciary | | Senate Sponsors | J. Ulibarri (D) | | Custom Summary | Juvenile Defense Attorney Interim Committee. The state public
defender may hire social workers to assist in defending juvenile
defendants. Any report prepared by such a social worker and submitted
to the court by the juvenile's attorney shall be considered as evidence in
the proper disposition of the juvenile's case. |
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| Bill:
HB14-1025
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| Title: |
Juvenile Competency To Proceed Determination |
| Status | House Committee on Judiciary Postpone Indefinitely (01/14/2014) | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/14/2014) | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Hearing Date | | | House Committee | Judiciary | | House Sponsors | P. Rosenthal (D) | | Position | Monitor | | Senate Committee | | | Senate Sponsors | L. Newell (D) | | Custom Summary | Legislative Oversight Committee for the Continuing
Examination of the Treatment of Persons with Mental Illness Who
Are Involved in the Criminal and Juvenile Justice Systems. The bill
creates a definition of incompetent to proceed that is specific to
juveniles in order to distinguish it from that used for adults in the criminal
justice system. |
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| Bill:
HB14-1032
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| Title: |
Defense Counsel For Juvenile Offenders |
| Status | Governor Signed (05/21/2014) | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (06/12/2014) | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Hearing Date | | | House Committee | Judiciary | | House Sponsors | D. Kagan (D) | | Position | Monitor | | Senate Committee | Judiciary | | Senate Sponsors | L. Guzman (D) | | Custom Summary | A promise to appear in court served upon a juvenile and the juvenile's parent, guardian,or legal custodian and what shall stated in the promise. |
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| Bill:
HB14-1035
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| Title: |
Restitution Collection Deferred Judgment |
| Status | Governor Signed (03/07/2014) | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/21/2014) | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Hearing Date | | | House Committee | Judiciary | | House Sponsors | B. Gardner (R) | | Position | Strongly Support | | Senate Committee | Judiciary | | Senate Sponsors | M. Johnston (D) | | Custom Summary |
The bill clarifies that an order of restitution that is part of a
deferred judgment can be collected by the court after the deferred
judgment is dismissed until the judgment is satisfied. |
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| Bill:
HB14-1036
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| Title: |
Felony For Repeat DUI Offenders |
| Status | Senate Committee on Appropriations Postpone Indefinitely (05/06/2014) | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/30/2014) | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Hearing Date | | | House Committee | Judiciary | | House Sponsors | M. Waller (R)
L. Saine (R) | | Position | Support | | Senate Committee | | | Senate Sponsors | S. King (R)
M. Johnston (D) | | Custom Summary | Under current law, a DUI, DUI per se, or DWAI is a misdemeanor
offense. The bill makes such an offense a class 4 felony if:
The violation occurred not more than 7 years after the first
of 2 prior convictions for DWAI, DUI, or DUI per se;
vehicular homicide; or vehicular assault; or
The violation occurred after 3 prior convictions for DWAI,
DUI, or DUI per se; vehicular homicide; or vehicular
assault.
The bill repeals provisions relating to the crime of aggravated
driving with a revoked license when the offender also commits DUI, DUI
per se, or DWAI as part of the same criminal episode.
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| Bill:
HB14-1041
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| Title: |
Concealed Handgun Carry Without Permit |
| Status | House Committee on Judiciary Postpone Indefinitely (02/04/2014) | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/13/2014) | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Hearing Date | | | House Committee | Judiciary | | House Sponsors | J. Wright (R)
C. Holbert (R) | | Position | Monitor | | Senate Committee | | | Senate Sponsors | K. Grantham (R) | | Custom Summary | The bill allows a person who legally possesses a handgun under
state and federal law to carry a concealed handgun in Colorado. |
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| Bill:
HB14-1044
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| Title: |
Parolee Tamper With Electronic Monitoring Device |
| Status | Governor Signed (05/15/2014) | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (06/17/2014) | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Hearing Date | | | House Committee | Judiciary | | House Sponsors | T. Dore (R) | | Position | Monitor | | Senate Committee | Judiciary | | Senate Sponsors | L. Tochtrop (D) | | Custom Summary | A parolee who violates the conditions of his or her parole by
removing or tampering with an electronic monitoring device that the
parolee is required to wear as a condition of his or her parole is subject to
an immediate warrantless arrest. If a community parole officer has
probable cause to believe that a parolee who is under the supervision of
the parole officer has removed or tampered with an electronic monitoring
device that the parolee is required to wear as a condition of his or her
parole, the parole officer shall either:
Immediately make a warrantless arrest of the parolee; or
Not later than 12 hours after acquiring such probable cause,
notify a law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over the
parolee's last-known address that the parolee is subject to
an immediate warrantless arrest.
A parole officer shall file a complaint seeking revocation of the
parole of any parolee who has removed or tampered with an electronic
monitoring device.
If the state board of parole determines that a parolee has violated
the conditions of his or her parole by removing or tampering with an
electronic monitoring device, the board shall revoke the parolee's parole
and reinstate the remainder of the parolee's sentence to the custody of the
department of corrections. |
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| Bill:
HB14-1050
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| Title: |
Increase In Judges In 18th Judicial District |
| Status | Governor Signed (03/14/2014) | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (06/02/2014) | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Hearing Date | | | House Committee | Judiciary | | House Sponsors | D. Kagan (D) | | Position | Monitor | | Senate Committee | Judiciary | | Senate Sponsors | L. Guzman (D) | | Custom Summary |
The bill increases the number of judges for the 18th judicial
district from 21 to 23.
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| Bill:
HB14-1061
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| Title: |
Eliminate Prison For Inability To Pay Fines |
| Status | Governor Signed (05/09/2014) | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (06/10/2014) | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Hearing Date | | | House Committee | Judiciary | | House Sponsors | J. Salazar (D) | | Position | Monitor | | Senate Committee | Judiciary | | Senate Sponsors | L. Guzman (D) | | Custom Summary | Current law provides that part of a criminal sentence must include
a sentence to prison if an individual criminal defendant fails to pay a fine.
The bill changes this requirement so that the sentence must include notice
that if a defendant willfully fails to pay a fine, cost, restitution, or other
monetary payment (monetary payment), the court may hold the person in
contempt of court and sentence the person to prison. |
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| Bill:
HB14-1063
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| Title: |
Deadly Force Against Intruders At Businesses |
| Status | House Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Postpone Indefinitely (02/17/2014) | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/13/2014) | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Hearing Date | | | House Committee | State, Veterans, & Military Affairs | | House Sponsors | J. Everett (R) | | Position | Monitor | | Senate Committee | | | Senate Sponsors | K. Grantham (R) | | Custom Summary |
The bill extends the right to use deadly force against an intruder
under certain conditions to include owners, managers, and employees of
businesses.
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| Bill:
HB14-1069
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| Title: |
District Commissions On Judicial Performance |
| Status | Senate Committee on Judiciary Postpone Indefinitely (03/24/2014) | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (06/11/2014) | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Hearing Date | | | House Committee | Judiciary | | House Sponsors | P. Rosenthal (D) | | Position | Monitor | | Senate Committee | Judiciary | | Senate Sponsors | S. King (R) | | Custom Summary | Current law directs district commissions on judicial performance
(commissions), as part of their evaluations of district and county judges,
to interview other district and county judges and other interested persons.
The bill adds to this list the district attorney, a representative of the state
public defender, and a representative of the local bar association.
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| Bill:
HB14-1095
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| Title: |
CBI Cyber Crime Jurisdiction |
| Status | Governor Signed (05/09/2014) | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (06/05/2014) | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Hearing Date | | | House Committee | Judiciary | | House Sponsors | D. Kagan (D)
B. Gardner (R) | | Position | Monitor | | Senate Committee | Judiciary | | Senate Sponsors | L. Newell (D) | | Custom Summary | The bill requires the Colorado bureau of investigation (bureau) to:
• Conduct criminal investigations relating to computer crime;
• Develop and collect information with regard to computer
crime in an effort to identify, charge, and prosecute
criminal offenders and enterprises that unlawfully access
and exploit computer systems and networks and report such
information to the appropriate law enforcement
organizations. The bureau must also provide awareness
training and information concerning cyber-security and
security risks to the information technology critical
infrastructure industry.
• Prepare annual reports concerning any activities of
computer crime in Colorado for use by local or federal law
enforcement officials or the governor.
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| Bill:
HB14-1104
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| Title: |
Revenge Internet Posting Intimate Photos |
| Status | House Committee on Judiciary Postpone Indefinitely (02/27/2014) | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/15/2014) | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Hearing Date | | | House Committee | Judiciary | | House Sponsors | A. Stephens (R) | | Position | Monitor | | Senate Committee | | | Senate Sponsors | | | Custom Summary | The bill makes it a crime for a person to:
• Post or publish a photograph of a person who was under 18
years of age at the time of the photograph showing that
person's uncovered genitals, buttocks, anus, or female
breasts;
• Obtain the photograph during a relationship or sexual
encounter with the victim; and
• Intend to embarrass, coerce, bully, annoy, harm, or cause
emotional distress to the victim.
The crime is a class 5 felony with a mandatory minimum fine of $10,000,
and, upon conviction, the court must order the defendant or the entity
where the photos are posted or published to remove the photographs from
the internet.
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| Bill:
HB14-1114
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| Title: |
Earned Time In Corrections |
| Status | Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Postpone Indefinitely (03/12/2014) | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/21/2014) | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Hearing Date | | | House Committee | Judiciary | | House Sponsors | M. Waller (R)
F. McNulty (R) | | Position | Monitor | | Senate Committee | State, Veterans, & Military Affairs | | Senate Sponsors | B. Herpin (R) | | Custom Summary | Under current law, certain earned time that is awarded to an inmate
or a parolee by the state department of corrections vests and may not be
later revoked or withdrawn. On and after the effective date of the bill, any
such earned time that is awarded does not vest and may be withdrawn.
On and after the effective date of the bill, if an administrative
hearing within the department determines that an inmate or parolee
engaged in a crime of violence during the time period for which any
earned time was granted to the inmate or parolee, the department shall
withdraw such earned time from the inmate or parolee.
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| Bill:
HB14-1131
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| Title: |
Cyber Bullying |
| Status | Senate Committee on Judiciary Postpone Indefinitely (04/09/2014) | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/19/2014) | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Hearing Date | | | House Committee | Education | | House Sponsors | R. Fields (D) | | Position | Monitor | | Senate Committee | | | Senate Sponsors | J. Kefalas (D)
L. Newell (D) | | Custom Summary | The bill adds to the crime of harassment the use of interactive
computer service to engage in a course of conduct that inflicts serious
emotional distress on a minor or places the minor in reasonable fear of
death or serious bodily injury with intent to cause the fear of death or
serious bodily injury or with the intent to cause death or serious bodily
injury. The crime is a class 2 misdemeanor. If the intent was to harass the
person because of the person's race, color, religion, ancestry, or national
origin, then it is a class 1 misdemeanor.
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| Bill:
HB14-1148
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| Title: |
Victims' Rights Act Cleanup |
| Status | Governor Signed (04/04/2014) | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/22/2014) | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Hearing Date | | | House Committee | Judiciary | | House Sponsors | R. Fields (D) | | Position | Strongly Support | | Senate Committee | Judiciary | | Senate Sponsors | C. Jahn (D) | | Custom Summary | The definition of crime determines when the victims' rights act
applies. The bill adds violations of civil protection orders in sex offense
cases, coercion of involuntary servitude, and all child prostitution
offenses to the definition of crime.
The bill clarifies when a modification of sentence including
probation is a critical stage and adds a hearing on record sealing as a
critical stage.
Currently, a crime victim has the right to be informed about
receiving a copy of the initial incident report. The bill creates a specific
right to receive the copy of the initial incident report. The bill creates a
right to be heard at a hearing on record sealing. Under current law, a
crime victim who is in the department of corrections has a right to be
heard. The bill adds that right to crime victims who are in the division of
youth corrections.
Current law allows a victim of a crime committed prior to 1993
that was previously unsolved to request victim notification. The bill
makes victim notification automatic.
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| Bill:
HB14-1149
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| Title: |
Advertising Children To Transfer Care Trafficking |
| Status | House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over to 05/09/2014 (04/17/2014) | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/21/2014) | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Hearing Date | | | House Committee | Public Health Care & Human Services | | House Sponsors | K. Conti (R) | | Position | Monitor | | Senate Committee | Judiciary | | Senate Sponsors | V. Marble (R) | | Custom Summary | The bill amends the crime of trafficking in children to include a
person who advertises a child through any public medium that originates
within the state. |
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| Bill:
HB14-1151
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| Title: |
Repeal Ammunition Magazine Prohibition |
| Status | House Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Postpone Indefinitely (02/10/2014) | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/14/2014) | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Hearing Date | | | House Committee | State, Veterans, & Military Affairs | | House Sponsors | C. Holbert (R)
L. Saine (R) | | Position | Monitor | | Senate Committee | | | Senate Sponsors | V. Marble (R) | | Custom Summary | The bill repeals the prohibition upon the sale, transfer, and
possession of large-capacity ammunition magazines. The bill also repeals the requirement that a large-capacity magazine made in Colorado must include a permanent stamp or marking indicating that the magazine was manufactured after July 1, 2013 |
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| Bill:
HB14-1152
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| Title: |
Passive Surveillance Records |
| Status | Governor Signed (04/04/2014) | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/22/2014) | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Hearing Date | | | House Committee | Judiciary | | House Sponsors | P. Lawrence (R) | | Position | Monitor | | Senate Committee | Judiciary | | Senate Sponsors | M. Scheffel (R) | | Custom Summary | The bill requires that video or still images obtained by passive
surveillance by governmental entities, such as images from monitoring
cameras, must be destroyed within 6 months after the recording of the
images. Exceptions are made for passive surveillance records of a criminal
justice agency where the agency obtains a court order allowing retention
of a passive surveillance record because it is necessary for the effective
operations and activities of the criminal justice agency and passive
surveillance records of any correctional facility, local jail, or private
contract prison. The bill also includes a definition of passive
surveillance.
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| Bill:
HB14-1153
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| Title: |
Attorney Fees For All Motions To Dismiss |
| Status | House Committee on Judiciary Postpone Indefinitely (02/18/2014) | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/13/2014) | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Hearing Date | | | House Committee | Judiciary | | House Sponsors | K. Priola (R) | | Position | Monitor | | Senate Committee | | | Senate Sponsors | L. Tochtrop (D) | | Custom Summary | In any tort action filed as a result of death or injury to person or
property, current law requires a court to award a defendant attorney fees
if the case is dismissed on a motion to dismiss under Rule 12 (b) of the
Colorado rules of civil procedure. The bill extends the requirement to pay
attorney fees to all civil actions. |
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| Bill:
HB14-1157
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| Title: |
Policies Allowing Concealed Carry In Public School |
| Status | House Committee on Judiciary Postpone Indefinitely (02/13/2014) | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/13/2014) | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Hearing Date | | | House Committee | Judiciary | | House Sponsors | S. Humphrey (R) | | Position | Monitor | | Senate Committee | | | Senate Sponsors | S. Renfroe (R) | | Custom Summary | The bill authorizes a school district board of education and the
governing board of a charter school to adopt a written policy to allow an employee of the school district or charter school to carry a concealed handgun on school grounds if the person holds a valid permit to carry a concealed handgun |
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| Bill:
HB14-1158
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| Title: |
Vehicular Homicide & Assault Minimum Sentence |
| Status | House Committee on Appropriations Postpone Indefinitely (04/10/2014) | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/14/2014) | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Hearing Date | | | House Committee | Judiciary | | House Sponsors | P. Lawrence (R) | | Position | Support | | Senate Committee | | | Senate Sponsors | S. King (R) | | Custom Summary | The bill requires the court to sentence a person convicted of
vehicular homicide or vehicular assault who was under the influence of
drugs or alcohol at the time of the accident to at least the minimum term
of imprisonment in the department of corrections for the offense, except
when a longer sentence is required by law. Additionally, the defendant is
not eligible for probation or a suspended sentence.
The bill takes effect July 1, 2014, and applies to offenses
committed on or after the effective date.
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| Bill:
HB14-1162
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| Title: |
Protect Rape Victim Where Child Conceived |
| Status | Governor Signed (05/09/2014) | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (07/23/2014) | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Hearing Date | | | House Committee | Judiciary | | House Sponsors | L. Landgraf (R) | | Position | Monitor | | Senate Committee | | | Senate Sponsors | M. Carroll (D) | | Custom Summary | Last session, the general assembly passed a bill that allows the
victim of a sexual assault in which a child was conceived and in which
the person who committed the sexual assault was convicted to file for the
termination of the parent-child legal relationship of the person who
committed the sexual assault. In that same bill, the general assembly
created a task force on children conceived by rape to study whether
changes should be made to that statute and to study issues associated with
parental rights in cases where a child was conceived as a result of the
sexual assault but a conviction did not occur. This bill makes legislative
changes in response to the study and report prepared by the task force. |
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| Bill:
HB14-1166
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| Title: |
Renewal Of Concealed Handgun Permits |
| Status | Governor Signed (03/14/2014) | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/21/2014) | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Hearing Date | | | House Committee | Local Government | | House Sponsors | E. Vigil (D) | | Position | Monitor | | Senate Committee | State, Veterans, & Military Affairs | | Senate Sponsors | L. Tochtrop (D) | | Custom Summary | The bill permits a permit holder to renew the permit with the
sheriff of the county or city and county in which the applicant resides or with the sheriff of the county or city and county in which the applicant maintains a secondary residence or owns or leases real property used by the applicant in a business. A temporary emergency concealed handgun permit holder may renew the temporary emergency permit with the sheriff of the county or city and county in which the person resides or in which the circumstances giving rise to the emergency exist. |
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| Bill:
HB14-1171
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| Title: |
Medical Evidence In Sexual Assault Cases Rules |
| Status | Governor Signed (03/27/2014) | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/22/2014) | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Hearing Date | | | House Committee | Judiciary | | House Sponsors | F. McNulty (R) | | Position | Monitor | | Senate Committee | Judiciary | | Senate Sponsors | E. Roberts (R) | | Custom Summary | Current law requires rules of the executive director of the
department of public safety to include consent forms related to the collection, testing, and release of test results of forensic medical evidence in sexual assault cases. The bill changes the requirement to information to be contained in the consent forms rather than the forms themselves. |
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| Bill:
HB14-1191
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| Title: |
Hit And Run Medina Alert Program |
| Status | Governor Signed (03/25/2014) | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/22/2014) | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Hearing Date | | | House Committee | Judiciary | | House Sponsors | K. Conti (R) | | Position | Monitor | | Senate Committee | Judiciary | | Senate Sponsors | S. King (R) | | Custom Summary | The bill adds the Medina alert program when a hit-and-run accident involving a serious bodily injury or death occurs and the law enforcement agency has additional information concerning the suspect or the suspect's vehicle. The bill directs the executive director of the department of public safety to promulgate rules governing the program. |
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| Bill:
HB14-1197
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| Title: |
Governor's Authority To Grant Reprieve |
| Status | House Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Postpone Indefinitely (02/24/2014) | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/15/2014) | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Hearing Date | | | House Committee | State, Veterans, & Military Affairs | | House Sponsors | L. Szabo (R) | | Position | Monitor | | Senate Committee | | | Senate Sponsors | | | Custom Summary | The bill outlines the governor's authority related to granting a
reprieve in a capital case. The governor may issue a reprieve only for 90 days if administrative difficulties arise in carrying out the execution. An additional reprieve may be issued only if the administrative difficulties are not resolved during the 90 days. If the governor grants a reprieve, he or she shall provide notice of the reprieve to the director of the department of corrections within 24 hours. The notice must include the
basis for granting the reprieve |
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| Bill:
HB14-1220
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| Title: |
Discovery Requirements In Criminal Cases |
| Status | House Committee on Judiciary Postpone Indefinitely (02/18/2014) | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/13/2014) | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Hearing Date | | | House Committee | Judiciary | | House Sponsors | P. Lawrence (R) | | Position | Monitor | | Senate Committee | | | Senate Sponsors | | | Custom Summary | Discovery Requirements In Criminal Cases |
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| Bill:
HB14-1230
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| Title: |
Restoration Of Firearm Carry Right For Some Felons |
| Status | House Committee on Judiciary Postpone Indefinitely (02/20/2014) | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/13/2014) | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Hearing Date | | | House Committee | Judiciary | | House Sponsors | P. Buck (R) | | Position | Monitor | | Senate Committee | | | Senate Sponsors | P. Steadman (D) | | Custom Summary | Under current law, a person who was convicted of a felony is
prohibited from using, possessing, or carrying a firearm. The bill creates
a process to allow a person convicted of a certain nonviolent felony to
have his or her right to carry a firearm restored. To restore the right, the
person must file a petition with the district court after a 5-year waiting
period and provide a lawful purpose for restoration. |
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| Bill:
HB14-1260
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| Title: |
Penalties For Sex Offenses Against A Child Under 12 |
| Status | Governor Signed (06/05/2014) | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (07/09/2014) | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Hearing Date | | | House Committee | State, Veterans, & Military Affairs | | House Sponsors | M. Foote (D) | | Position | Monitor | | Senate Committee | | | Senate Sponsors | M. Johnston (D) | | Custom Summary | The bill requires a court to impose a sentence within an
indeterminate minimum presumptive range to a maximum of the
offender's life upon an adult offender if he or she commits a class 2, class
3, or class 4 felony sexual assault that includes intrusion or penetration
against a child who is under 12 years of age at the time of the offense and
the offender is at least 10 years older than the child. For a class 2 felony
the presumptive range is 24 to 48 years, for a class 3 felony it is 18 to 32
years, and for a class 4 felony it is 10 to 16 years.
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| Bill:
HB14-1261
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| Title: |
Improvements To Pretrial Release |
| Status | House Second Reading Laid Over to 5/11/2014 - No Amendments (02/27/2014) | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/15/2014) | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Hearing Date | | | House Committee | Judiciary | | House Sponsors | J. Wright (R) | | Position | Monitor | | Senate Committee | | | Senate Sponsors | | | Custom Summary | Current law allows listed entities electronic read-only access to the
name index and register of actions of public case types. The bill adds
bonding agents to the list.
The bill limits a court's authority to determining the amount of the
bond and gives the defendant the ability to choose how to satisfy the
bond. The bill limits the court's authority to release a person on personal
recognizance bond (PR bond). The court may not issue a PR bond if the
person failed to appear on a felony or class 1 misdemeanor in the last 5
years or fails to appear while on bond for a felony or class 1 misdemeanor
or if the court does not have sufficient information to make an intelligent
decision regarding issuing a PR bond. |
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| Bill:
HB14-1264
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| Title: |
Jessica's Law |
| Status | House Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Postpone Indefinitely (03/03/2014) | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/14/2014) | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Hearing Date | | | House Committee | State, Veterans, & Military Affairs | | House Sponsors | L. Szabo (R) | | Position | Monitor | | Senate Committee | | | Senate Sponsors | B. Herpin (R) | | Custom Summary | The bill creates the crime of lewd molestation if a person 18 years
of age or older touches the private areas of a child less than 12 years old
in a lewd or lascivious manner for the purpose of sexual gratification.
Lewd molestation is an unclassified felony that carries a mandatory 25
years to life indeterminate sentence. If the parole board releases an
offender convicted of lewd molestation, the parole board has to keep the
offender on parole for the remainder of the offender's life. |
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| Bill:
HB14-1266
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| Title: |
Value-based Crime Threshold Level Changes |
| Status | Governor Signed (05/09/2014) | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (06/10/2014) | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Hearing Date | | | House Committee | Judiciary | | House Sponsors | B. McCann (D)
B. Gardner (R) | | Position | Monitor | | Senate Committee | Judiciary | | Senate Sponsors | L. Newell (D)
S. King (R) | | Custom Summary | Recently the penalties for theft changed based on the value of the
loss. The bill changes the penalties for criminal mischief, fraud by check,
defrauding a secured creditor, and unauthorized use of a financial
transaction device and computer crime. The changes create new threshold
loss levels for a full range of penalties from a class 2 felony down to a
petty offense or a low level misdemeanor.
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| Bill:
SB14-002
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| Title: |
Safe2tell Program In Department Of Law |
| Status | Governor Signed (05/21/2014) | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (07/23/2014) | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Hearing Date | | | House Committee | Judiciary | | House Sponsors | B. DelGrosso (R)
M. Ferrandino (D) | | Position | Monitor | | Senate Committee | Education | | Senate Sponsors | M. Carroll (D)
B. Cadman (R) | | Custom Summary | The bill repeals the current safe2tell program and recreates the
program in the department of law. |
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| Bill:
SB14-021
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| Title: |
Persons With Mental Illness Criminal Justice |
| Status | Governor Signed (06/06/2014) | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (09/04/2014) | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Hearing Date | | | House Committee | Health, Insurance, & Environment | | House Sponsors | J. Wright (R) | | Position | Monitor | | Senate Committee | Judiciary | | Senate Sponsors | L. Tochtrop (D)
S. King (R) | | Custom Summary | Legislative Oversight Committee for the Continuing
Examination of the Treatment of Persons with Mental Illness Who
Are Involved in the Criminal and Juvenile Justice Systems. The bill
extends the repeal date for the legislative oversight committee for the
continuing examination of the treatment of persons with mental illness
who are involved in the criminal and juvenile justice systems and
associated task force from July 1, 2015, to July 1, 2020. The legislative
oversight committee and task force are renamed the legislative oversight
committee and task force concerning the treatment of persons with mental
illness in the criminal and juvenile justice systems (oversight committee
and task force), and the cash fund is renamed accordingly. |
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| Bill:
SB14-027
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| Title: |
Judicial Dept Background Checks |
| Status | Governor Signed (05/02/2014) | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (06/16/2014) | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Hearing Date | | | House Committee | Judiciary | | House Sponsors | S. Lee (D) | | Position | Monitor | | Senate Committee | Judiciary | | Senate Sponsors | L. Guzman (D) | | Custom Summary | The bill requires a fingerprint-based criminal history background
check for a law license applicant and a child and family investigator. The
bill updates the license to practice law statute.
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| Bill:
SB14-038
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| Title: |
Governor Cannot Restrict Firearms During Emergency |
| Status | Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Postpone Indefinitely (02/10/2014) | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/13/2014) | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Hearing Date | | | House Committee | | | House Sponsors | J. Everett (R) | | Position | Monitor | | Senate Committee | State, Veterans, & Military Affairs | | Senate Sponsors | S. Renfroe (R) | | Custom Summary |
The bill eliminates the governor's authority to suspend or limit the
sale, dispensing, or transportation of firearms during a state of disaster
emergency.
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| Bill:
SB14-059
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| Title: |
Statute Of Limitations Crime Related To Sex Crimes |
| Status | Governor Signed (03/21/2014) | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (06/17/2014) | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Hearing Date | | | House Committee | Judiciary | | House Sponsors | P. Lawrence (R) | | Position | Monitor | | Senate Committee | Judiciary | | Senate Sponsors | L. Guzman (D) | | Custom Summary | Under current law, certain sex offenses are not subject to a statute of limitations, but accompanying non-sex offenses are subject to a statute of limitations. The bill would eliminate the statute of limitations for those accompanying offenses. |
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| Bill:
SB14-061
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| Title: |
Refer Illegal Aliens To ICE After Conviction |
| Status | Senate Committee on Judiciary Postpone Indefinitely (02/12/2014) | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (06/24/2014) | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Hearing Date | | | House Committee | | | House Sponsors | | | Position | Monitor | | Senate Committee | Judiciary | | Senate Sponsors | O. Hill (R) | | Custom Summary | The bill requires the court to determine the immigration status of
a defendant after a felony conviction. If the person is in the country
illegally, the court must inform the United States bureau of immigration
and customs enforcement before the defendant begins serving his or her
sentence and request it take custody of the defendant.
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| Bill:
SB14-062
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| Title: |
Reinstatement Of Parent-child Legal Relationship |
| Status | Governor Signed (03/27/2014) | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (06/12/2014) | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Hearing Date | | | House Committee | Public Health Care & Human Services | | House Sponsors | M. Foote (D)
B. Gardner (R) | | Position | Monitor | | Senate Committee | Judiciary | | Senate Sponsors | L. Guzman (D)
E. Roberts (R) | | Custom Summary | This bill creates a process for reinstatement of the parent-child
legal relationship (reinstatement) in limited circumstances for a child
whose parent's rights have previously been terminated voluntarily or
involuntarily. |
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| Bill:
SB14-064
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| Title: |
Use Of Isolated Confinement Mental Illness |
| Status | Governor Signed (06/06/2014) | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (07/02/2014) | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Hearing Date | | | House Committee | Judiciary | | House Sponsors | J. Salazar (D) | | Position | Monitor | | Senate Committee | Judiciary | | Senate Sponsors | J. Ulibarri (D) | | Custom Summary | The bill requires the department of corrections to review the status
of all offenders held in long-term isolated confinement within 90 days
after the effective date of the bill. If the review determines that the
offender is seriously mentally ill, the department shall move the offender
from long-term isolated confinement to a mental health step-down unit,
a prison mental hospital, or other appropriate housing that does not
include long-term isolated confinement. |
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| Bill:
SB14-069
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| Title: |
Swift Justice Act |
| Status | Senate Committee on Judiciary Postpone Indefinitely (01/29/2014) | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/14/2014) | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Hearing Date | | | House Committee | | | House Sponsors | | | Position | Monitor | | Senate Committee | Judiciary | | Senate Sponsors | G. Brophy (R) | | Custom Summary | The bill requires the Colorado supreme court to rule on a death
penalty unitary appeal within 3 years of the filing of the notice of appeal
unless extraordinary circumstances prevent compliance.
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| Bill:
SB14-094
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| Title: |
Background Checks And Fees For Gun Transfers |
| Status | Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Postpone Indefinitely (02/03/2014) | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/13/2014) | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Hearing Date | | | House Committee | | | House Sponsors | J. Wright (R) | | Position | Monitor | | Senate Committee | State, Veterans, & Military Affairs | | Senate Sponsors | G. Rivera (R) | | Custom Summary | The bill repeals the requirement that before any person who is not
a licensed gun dealer transfers possession of a firearm to a transferee, he
or she shall require that a criminal background check be conducted of the
prospective transferee and obtain approval of the transfer from the
Colorado bureau of investigation (CBI).
The bill repeals the requirement that CBI impose a fee for
performing an instant criminal background check pursuant to the transfer
of a firearm.
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| Bill:
SB14-098
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| Title: |
Crimes Against At-risk Elders |
| Status | Governor Signed (04/07/2014) | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/22/2014) | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Hearing Date | | | House Committee | Judiciary | | House Sponsors | M. Foote (D)
S. Schafer (D) | | Position | Monitor | | Senate Committee | Judiciary | | Senate Sponsors | R. Zenzinger (D) | | Custom Summary | The bill adds language that allows for other thing of value to the current definition of exploitation of at-risk elders, which currently includes money, assets, or property. Language is added to the definition of abuse to include exploitation. Language confining the action to someone who exercises authority over an at-risk elder is removed from the definition of undue influence. |
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| Bill:
SB14-100
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| Title: |
Repeal Large-capacity Ammunition Magazine Ban |
| Status | Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Postpone Indefinitely (02/12/2014) | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/13/2014) | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Hearing Date | | | House Committee | | | House Sponsors | | | Position | Monitor | | Senate Committee | State, Veterans, & Military Affairs | | Senate Sponsors | R. Baumgardner (R)
B. Herpin (R) | | Custom Summary | The bill repeals the prohibition upon the sale, transfer, and
possession of large-capacity ammunition magazines. The bill also repeals the requirement that a large-capacity ammunition magazine made in Colorado must include a permanent stamp or marking indicating that the magazine was manufactured after July 1, 2013. |
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| Bill:
SB14-123
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| Title: |
POST Board Rule Authority Training Suspensions |
| Status | Governor Signed (05/21/2014) | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (06/12/2014) | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Hearing Date | | | House Committee | | | House Sponsors | D. Kagan (D) | | Position | Monitor | | Senate Committee | Judiciary | | Senate Sponsors | L. Guzman (D) | | Custom Summary | |
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| Bill:
SB14-177
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| Title: |
Definition Drug-endangered Child Children's Code |
| Status | Senate Second Reading Lost with Amendments - Committee, Floor (04/29/2014) | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/27/2014) | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Hearing Date | | | House Committee | | | House Sponsors | D. Young (D) | | Position | Monitor | | Senate Committee | Judiciary | | Senate Sponsors | A. Kerr (D)
L. Newell (D) | | Custom Summary | |
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| Bill:
SB14-178
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| Title: |
Drug-endangered Child Criminal Code |
| Status | Senate Second Reading Lost with Amendments - Committee, Floor (04/29/2014) | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/27/2014) | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Hearing Date | | | House Committee | | | House Sponsors | D. Young (D) | | Position | Monitor | | Senate Committee | Judiciary | | Senate Sponsors | A. Kerr (D)
L. Newell (D) | | Custom Summary | |
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| Bill:
SB14-201
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| Title: |
Child Protection Ombudsman Advisory Work Group |
| Status | Governor Signed (05/29/2014) | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (07/23/2014) | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Hearing Date | | | House Committee | Health, Insurance, & Environment | | House Sponsors | J. Singer (D) | | Position | Monitor | | Senate Committee | Health & Human Services | | Senate Sponsors | L. Newell (D) | | Custom Summary | |
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| Bill:
SB14-206
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| Title: |
Criminal Record Sealing Clean-up |
| Status | Governor Signed (05/31/2014) | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (07/23/2014) | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Hearing Date | | | House Committee | Judiciary | | House Sponsors | J. Singer (D) | | Position | Monitor | | Senate Committee | Judiciary | | Senate Sponsors | P. Steadman (D) | | Custom Summary | |
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| Bill:
SB14-213
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| Title: |
Statutes Of Limitations For Vehicular Homicide |
| Status | Governor Signed (06/05/2014) | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (07/09/2014) | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Hearing Date | | | House Committee | Judiciary | | House Sponsors | K. Conti (R)
R. Fields (D) | | Position | Monitor | | Senate Committee | Judiciary | | Senate Sponsors | M. Johnston (D) | | Custom Summary | |
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